in. MCSCICAPA. 161 



three outer feathers externally white, the entire outer web of the 

 external feather white ; feathers at base of forehead, lores, and 

 feathers round the ej-e huffy white ; ear-coverts a little darker ashy 

 brown than the head ; checks and under surface of body ashy 

 fulvous, the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; thighs ashy 

 fulvous ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries buffj' white, with dusky 

 bases to the inner webs ; quills dull brown below, whitish along the 

 inner web. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2'2, tail 2-1, 

 tarsus 0-(35. 



Hub. Central and Southern Europe. 



a. (S ad. st. Europe. 



h. (S ad. sk. Smyrna, April 15, 1872 {Dr. Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 

 Kr'dper). 



c. 2 ad.sk. Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor, Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 

 Nov. 18, 1876 {C. G. Dan- 

 ford). 



10. Muscicapa parva. 



The Red-breasted Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa parva, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 505 ; Teimn. Man. 



i. p. 158 ; Naum. Vog^ Deutschl. ii. p. 241, Taf. 65. fig. 3 ; Werner, 



Atlas, Inseciivares, pi. 10; Brehm, Vog. Deutsc/il. ■p. 227; Gould, 



B. Eur. ii. pi. 64 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 190 ; 



Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 195 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 262 ; Kjcerb. 



Orn. Dan. pi. 15; Sclil. u. Susem. Voc/. Eur. Taf. 18; Sundev. Sv. 



Fogl. pi. 68. fig. 5 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 24. fig. 15, tab. 25. fig. 1 ; 



Linderm. Vog. Griechenl. p. 117 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. .322, 



no. 48.39 ; Newt. ed. Tan: Br. B. i. p. 224; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 



p. 188 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 188 ; id. B. Eur. parts 41, 42. 

 Muscicapa lais, Hempr. Sr Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. t ; Heugl. Orn. N. O.- 



Afr. p. 4.34. 

 Muscicapa rufogulavis, Brelnn, Vog. Deufsckl. p. 228 (jiec KuJd). 

 Muscicapa minuta, Hornsch. ^- Schill. Verz. Vog. Pomm. 1837, 



P- • 

 Erythrosterna parva, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. ^ N. Amer. p. 25 ; id. 



Consp. i. p. 318 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 53 ; Jaub. et Barth. Lapomm. 



Rich. Orn. p. 196, pi. 12 ; Deql. et Gerhe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 584; Goidd, 



B. Gt. Br. ii. pi. 20 ; Loche, ' E.rpl. Sci. Alger. Ois. ii. p. 62 ; Salvad. 



Ucc. Ital. p. 56 ; Blanf. East Persia, p. 144 ; JLmie, Sir. F. 1873, 



p. 179 ; Adam, t. c. p."377 ; Ball, Sfr. F. 1873, p. 405 ; Hume, Str. 



F. 1875, p. 469 : Brooks, Str. F. 1876, p. 273; Fairb. t. c. p. 257 ; 



Blanf. Str. F. 1877, p. 484. 

 Erythrosterna parva ruficollis, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Saminl. C. L. 



Brehm, p. 3. 

 Erythrosterna parva rufigularis, id. t. c. p. 3. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, the forehead, 

 sides of face, and ear-coverts grey, this colour also extending onto 

 the sides of the neck ; lores hoary whitish : round the eye a ring of 

 Avhitc feathers ; wing-covcrts ashy brown like the back ; quills dark 

 brown, externally ashy brown, the primaries narrowly edged with 

 this colour : upper tail-covorts dark brown like the tail ; two centre 

 tail-fcalhcrs dark brown, the remainder for the greater part white, 



